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Local Business Execs Buy Private Golf Club, Plot $8M in Renovations

1 year 1 month ago
From St. Louis Business Journal:  Fox Run Golf Club, a private golf club in Eureka, is undergoing a multimillion-dollar renovation at its 18-hole course. The project comes as Fox Run moves forward under new ownership, with a group of members buying the club after its founder and former owner, David Ault, died in October 2022. […]
Kacey Crawley

Plan Delayed to Seize Millennium Hotel in Downtown St. Louis

1 year 1 month ago
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch:  City officials on Tuesday tabled a decision on the use of eminent domain on downtown’s long-vacant Millennium Hotel. Zach Wilson, vice president of incentives for the city’s development arm, told the board that oversees real estate development that a blighting study, which is required, had not yet been completed. He asked […]
Kacey Crawley

Rezoning Requested for Several Alton Properties

1 year 1 month ago
From Riverbender:  The owner of multiple Alton businesses and the subject of disturbing allegations is requesting several properties in Alton to be rezoned so he can turn them into a parking lot. A public hearing on the matter is set for Tuesday, April 9, 2024, at 6 p.m. in the City Council Chambers at Alton […]
Kacey Crawley

Downtown Alton Housing Project Gets a $1M Boost From Federal Earmark

1 year 1 month ago
From St. Louis Public Radio:  Alton will soon be getting 120 new family housing units in a downtown apartment complex — a project that city leaders and elected officials believe will attract new residents to the area. Dubbed “the Lovejoy” after Elijah Lovejoy, a famed 19th-century abolitionist who was assassinated in Alton, the apartment will […]
Kacey Crawley

Several School Construction Projects on the April Ballot

1 year 1 month ago
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch:  The 150-year-old Concord Farmers Club will transform into a modern agricultural learning center for students in the Lindbergh School District if voters pass a ballot measure in April. Proposition R would cover $150 million in bonds for the district to renovate the site and make other improvements to schools including secure […]
Kacey Crawley

Technology Advancements in Green Building

1 year 1 month ago
From Bluebeam Blog:  The lack of data and insights has long been a challenge for the green building industry. The inability to track the impacts of green construction methods and materials has made it difficult to determine how successful those efforts actually are and demonstrate those benefits to stakeholders. But today, technology is revolutionizing the […]
Kacey Crawley

Midtown Hotel Project ‘Looks Dead’ After Tax Break Talks

1 year 1 month ago
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch:  Aldermen on Tuesday refused to grant tax breaks for a proposed hotel near the Wells Fargo campus in Midtown, likely killing the project. Developer Midas Hospitality boasted plans to spend $126 million building a higher-end hotel at Jefferson Avenue and Market Street. City projections said it would create dozens of new […]
Kacey Crawley

Alton Homeless Shelter Indefinitely On Hold, New Location Sought

1 year 1 month ago
From Riverbender.com:  Madison County officials announced on Tuesday, March 26, 2024, that after receiving a new letter from the Salvation Army it will be indefinitely deferring its application of the $2.5 million grant for a proposed 48-bed homeless shelter in Alton while a new location is sought. The non-profit organization sent a letter requesting that […]
Kacey Crawley

Forum Drone: Forest Park STLCC Transportation

1 year 1 month ago
This week Forum drone videographer Louis Kelly of Drone Eagle, LLC captures progress on the new transportation education complex at St. Louis Community College’s Forest Park campus. The project is the sixth and final project in a multi-campus modernization and expansion by the community college system. The 79,000-square-foot Transportation Center at STLCC-Forest Park will bring […]
Tom Finan

Build My Future Expanding to Cape Girardeau & Bethany in Fall 2024

1 year 1 month ago
The popular Build My Future showcase event for high school students is reaching out to even more Missouri teens this fall. The Associated General Contractors of Missouri (AGCMO) has added new interactive events highlighting careers in the construction industry on Oct. 8 at the Show Me Center in Cape Girardeau and Oct. 23 at the […]
Dede Hance

Winco Honored at FGIA’s 2024 Annual Conference

1 year 1 month ago
Winco Window Company, a St. Louis-based manufacturer of commercial and architectural aluminum windows, was honored with two prestigious awards at this year’s Fenestration & Glazing Industry Alliance (FGIA) annual conference, which recognizes member contributions and achievements for their efforts toward progressing the work of FGIA and the glass industry. The event was held at the […]
Dede Hance

84 Laborers Union Members “Journey Out” at Apprenticeship Graduation Ceremony

1 year 1 month ago
Eighty-four construction craft laborers were recognized for completion of their apprenticeships at a dinner and ceremony March 21st at the Christy Banquet Center in O’Fallon. Graduates recognized at the ceremony were members of Laborers’ Locals 42, 110, 660, 662, 840, and 1104. It was the 21st recognition dinner that the construction craft laborers have held. […]
Tom Finan

HDA Architects to Complete St. Louis Jewish Community Center Transformative Renovation

1 year 1 month ago
HDA Architects, one of the nation’s leading architectural, interiors and master planning firms, was selected by the St. Louis Jewish Community Center to complete a comprehensive renovation of its Marilyn Fox Building in Chesterfield. The significant renovations will result in the addition of a new Adult Day Center, new locker rooms, new lobby and gathering […]
Dede Hance

Tarlton Welcomes Michael Ashwell to Special Projects Group

1 year 1 month ago
Tarlton, St. Louis’ largest women-owned general contracting and construction management firm, welcomes Michael Ashwell as director of the company’s Special Projects Group – a specialized team that partners with clients in master service agreements to provide a host of solutions and delivery systems across diverse market sectors. Ashwell, who directs all aspects of the group’s […]
Dede Hance

Obituary: Emily Williams, 81, Tile Firm Owner

1 year 1 month ago
Emily A. Williams, retired president of Williams Tile & Marble, passed away on Saturday March 16, 2024 at the age of 81. Her husband, Bill Williams, started Williams Tile in 1976 with an office in the den and tile stocked in the garage. Not long after that Emily started assisting with accounting and various other […]
Tom Finan

7 Best Practices for Delivering High-Speed Rail

1 year 1 month ago
From Construction Dive:  High-speed rail projects tend to entail challenges that can cause delays, controversy and cost overruns, according to new research from AECOM, but there are ways to execute them smoothly. The Dallas-based contractor’s report delves into industry trends and how to make these notoriously challenging projects successful. It is based on a survey […]
Kacey Crawley

Construction Input Prices Increase 1.4% in February

1 year 1 month ago
From Contractor Magazine:  Construction input prices increased 1.4% in February compared to the previous month, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of the US Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Producer Price Index data released today. Nonresidential construction input prices increased 1.3% for the month. Overall construction input prices are 1.5% higher than a year […]
Kacey Crawley

New Breakfast and Lunch Eatery Planned in South St. Louis

1 year 1 month ago
From St. Louis Business Journal:  Garden Variety Deli, a new breakfast and lunch eatery, is set to open in the city’s Tower Grove South neighborhood, likely by late spring or early summer, its owners said. Travis Howard, the local restaurateur behind Retreat Gastropub, Yellowbelly and Lazy Tiger, last year was looking to purchase an investment […]
Kacey Crawley